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A xpanded undergra u t pr gram prompted f t
An expanded undergraduate program prompted UofL to
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Many pre-UofL buildings are
still in use today, including:
GARDINER HALL (shown above, center)
Built: 1872
Namesake: Clarence R. Gardiner,
university benefactor
OPPENHEIMER HALL
Built: 1885
Namesake: Julius John Oppenheimer,
former dean of the College of Arts
and Sciences
JOUETT HALL
Built: 1886
Namesake: Edward Stockton Jouett,
Louisville attorney and long-time
UofL trustee who also served on
the council for the Louisville and
Nashville Railroad
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BRIGMAN HALL (shown in tray, top)
Built: 1887
Namesake: Bennett M. Brigman,
first dean of the Speed Scientific
(Engineering) School. Prior to the
creation of the J.B. Speed School
of Engineering, Brigman taught
mechanical and freehand drawing.
GOTTSCHALK HALL (shown above, left)
Built: 1894
Namesake: Louis Gottschalk,
UofL history professor
PATTERSON HALL
Built: 1898
Namesake: John L. Patterson,
former dean of the College of Arts and
Sciences and university chancellor
FORD HALL (shown above, right)
Built: 1904
Namesake: Arthur Younger Ford,
former president at UofL, journalist for
the Owensboro Inquirer, and managing
editor at the Courier-Journal
THE PLAYHOUSE (shown in tray, bottom)
Built: 1873
The Playhouse was originally constructed
as a chapel for the Louisville Industrial
School of Reform. It was moved,
piece by piece, from its original location
(where Ekstrom Library now sits) to its
current home between Second and
Third Streets on Cardinal Boulevard.